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The Huron Expositor, 1894-12-21, Page 1''asseeesseen riz , ontrakteise„ - the rya.- thie wee the eon - of Toms - r finder thee a plentee, house and_ 1 improtee, Mee fitteit. rearemente, most emit - meet tote _ Mrs. Allen; comforts. • pairing bise rt kin aheade- at Mestere-. district the otherrdait they - respective,. and time," - e Tom is near thise'- perous. farce- • Andreve- late James; teed acres, • krni a now - a barns. It 4 the best - no* owiiire - a be found'. a complain.: f the season ek.and wage -fine, witle t horses fore 4ased about as good air: rt has soldi r ,atreet toe geBain, A. ind W. eek as me resided where hes- le's tailor g Meiess- last week. 11 the twoe n of at sae g crowd. -- tine porde will be ins her. -Last wn, hired& formerly of ' ug he waste owing day the hors& suspicions - e Chief of' nt for Mr- d waft sent- e ome off be --- shoeing &-. is leg badlyr ankle. Ha- ut heel•se- usiness for- m is now• well at- ists for Via- ls and, Grey' d office ire, ed up before 1* 'busy look -- s. Kippene for horses.. school', wilt entertaine December- zi store for - called to - daughter, . rly for senne r that sbee - nd is noW business year wbiol), many who's e evenin s be added:, the meet - the kreat- n the hall, 7 Society. a :season tiu eing larger ouse.---Mrs. Bright last " being very the order - has returned g begs are- nd the #ne ed durin upied.--- hberla Mr. an If; Hector a 4 esesseine-e-a TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. 1_ WHOLE NUMBER, 1,410. j Prices and Values. We ask the many read,ers of this column to makanote of the prices -we quote below, but at the same time we desire to have it known that, low! as these prices may be, we refrain from entering any low -price competition, but on the other hand we do, with a, confident air, enter the gladiatorial arena in values. Intelligent people and shrewd buyers are looking for (toed values, not slow prices. Pur- chasers of low-priced goods are led away by the appearance of surface _materials, and invariably fall victims to the vilest deceptisns, while buyers of pod values, armed with the weapons of foresight and forethousht, never fall. We do not. claim these p. ices are the lowest quoted, but we do positively claim they are the lowest -when values are considered. We don't ask you to believe it until you have seen the goods for yourself. Men's Overcoats, For $6 -good heavy frieze, our for- mer cheap price $8. For Si -better quality frieze, for- mer price $10. ttte- Tor $8 - extra heavy frieze, all colors, wool lined, our own make will equal any ordered coat at $15. 'Only a limited number of this line. For $8-a dressy. blue Beaver, vel- vet color, fly front. For $12-a very fine -double-breast- ed Melton, velvet collar, fine wool lin- ing, and cheap at $18. Fur Coats. For, $19-AifStralian Coons, sold everywhere at $25. For $34 ---No. 1 Coon Coats, the finest ever shown, former price $45. •—y •cl ses aseeseaseasaa'" „es aea sitar+ SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1804. MoLE.A.N BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. A HERMIT KINGDOM. QUEER AND QUAINT CUSTOMS OF KOREAN ETIQUETTE. Funeral Rites and Observances -Civil fiery - °ice Examinations -How the Ring Re- ceives Chinese Envoys -Letters of Condolei:me-The High Art of Salaaming. [Special Correspondence.] SEota, Nov. 11 -Ever since tho day on which it first became an acknowledged territory', on the maps of civilized Europe Korea has been to the average occidental a land of myths, shadows and mysteries. Even robbed of fanatical belief, the rites observed at the late burial of the queen dowager of Korea are not without interest. In advance came the 11 ceremo- nial palanquins draped with red and green hangings li each carried by eight Korean coolies clad in a deep red dress represent - Boys' Overcoats. For S2 75-DoubIe breasted Tweed Coat, with deep collar, sizes 22 to 28, &inner prices $3.50. For $4.50-a heavy double breasted Coat, rOular $6 line. - For $1.90 -Heavy Frieze Coat, wool ined, deep collar, cheap at $7. Boys' Suits. givers the purpose or a lexicon, a thesaurus, a rhyming dictionary antaa cyclopedia,. It would 1111 an octavo volume of about 400 pages and gives a general idea of the extent of Korean kneWledgo. and culture. Everything that they do is- prescribed by the rules of the exaMination, which they must know by heart, tho number ,of words to answer, the number -of feet.and verses to a poem, the number of characters and pages to an essay, the size of the letter- ing. The alignment, punctuation and even the way of handing in the papers are all matters of almost ,military discipline. Peddlers stroll through, carrying eatables, confectionery, drinkables and tobacco. It Is said that smart but unscrupulous stu- dents frequently have a hired emissary disguised as a fruit dealer to take out bard pniblems, have them answered on the outsideund then return them before the close of the day. -Their chirography Was excellent, but largo enough. to use •on circus posters. The smallest characters are about an inch !sigh and the majority about 2 inches square. Both Korean and Chinese wero used in their work. The examination' is a public matter, and some tario, namely the Entrance Examination, of the -aspirants rather enjoy the publioi- for which many public schools every year ty. There were no Insp dors around, and prepare their 'pupils. The next step in the system is at the end of the Commercial Course, which includes a pretty thorough knowledge of book-keeping by single and by double entry,business papers and forms,eor- respondence, indexing, etc., as well as a fair education in arithmetic, composition, dra,w- ing, reading, grammar and. penmanship. Ttphiseofii ss ne ews COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE a course extremely suitable for who cannot spend more than one or twe terms at a secondary school, who do not wish to prepare for a profession - and have not the tirne required for the courses in mitthematicS, higher English, science, eslassiat, eta:, neeessary for those who intend to enter some of the professions or to go on with courses of study at the University. The amount of drawing required has been considered excessive but the new set of books has been reduced to four and other- wise the course has been made as practical as can well be expected. This is the lowest of the seven . standards presented in the Collegiate curse, but if a student finds himself clipalble of more work, he can at the same tiMe study additional subjects, such as algebra, geometry, lathe physics, etc. Every one who intends making farm- ing a life pursuit, needs a.bove ell else book keeping, botany, physics and chemis- try to conduct his business intelligently and successfully. Three of. these subjects fit in well along. with the Commercial course. The next step in the system is THE PRIMARY COURSE, which eavers the • mensuration, rhetoric, geometryagrammat, geography, etc., along with Latin, French and Science, required for the lowest grade of certificate given to public school teachers. This Primary Cer- tificate also opens the doors of the Agricul- tural, Dental, Veterinary and Pharmaceut- ical Colleges. The next step opens the doors of the Universities to the aspiring student, namely. the Course for , JUNIOR MATRICULATION; And the parallel Step with a slight addition gives him the Junior Leaving Certificate, which after .one year's teaching qualifies him to attend one of the Normal Schools and advance to a teachers' certificate of the second class, good for life without farther examination. Above this are two • more parallel, namely, the Honor Matriculation, in -which one or more studies are continued at a higher level with a view to University Honors, and the Senior Leaving, which con- ducts the successful winner to the lowest grade of the first class teachers' qualiRca- tion. The luau and highest step in the course is . THE PASS (40URSE OF THE FIRST YEAR, MERCHANT AND WIFE. [Ey 0. Korean artist.] Ing the space which the life bestowed titles of the deceased would occupy. Next came five palanquins made of a light 'naive wood andsinoro or less artistically hand painted, in which were stored the most prized possessions of the dead queen and which were to be deposited in her tomb. Then followed a large litter containing food for the deceased during her voyage aCross the misty border and 13 mord struc- tures in the form of ordinary chairs of lo- comotion, upon which were painted the raany and varied titles of the dead woman. The chair lately used by the queen was jealously escorted by a body of guards from the palace, who were dressed in a uniform of white, topped off with curious- ly ehaped shaggy hats, also of snowy whiteness. 'Besides the ordinary attend- ants dach of the preceding groups was escorted by officials of the mandarin class, clad in either court dress or mourning, as their particular duty or relationship' di- rected and exacted. The palace musicians followed, clad in their ,peculiar crimson and yellowish robes, not playing the wild sounding, hair raising melodies of every day, but in grim,- significant silence they marched. After them were 200 men from the provincial nsilitia, bearing little flags, which, waving gently in the breeze, fent a very picturesque air to that section of the procession. Next was noticed a gi- gantic red umbrella (insignia of rank) and a rather smaller one of black silk, each guarded by a body of mandarins, while immediately after came a collection of gilt and wooden emblems representing the gifts which were supposed to be show- ered on the deceased after her arrival in heaven. The chair in w#Ch the soul of the dead queen was carried was borne by some 40 coolies and was th6 most striking feature in the great show. ,In shape it resembled a ininiature temple richly orna- mented in gaudy °paneling and draped with green and black silk in alternate squares. To Frighten Evil Spirits. This department contains only re- lia.ble gaocls, and at the prices now quoted are within the reach of all. For $1.56-T enty-five two-piece. Suits, farmer prices $2 and $2.50. For $2.50 -Fifty two-piece Suits, all styles, former vices $3,50. For $3.25 -- Thirty-five two-piece Suits, our best qualities, former prices For $3.75 -Sixty-five three piecel:, Suits, sizes 27 to 32, formerly $5.50. For §5 -Fifty three-piece Suits, former prices $6.50 and $7- Men's Shirts. We offer all our Shirts in twe, lots, and no finer goods are shown. LOT NO. 1-50 cents. LOT NO. 2-41.00. You will positively find bargains in this department. Underwear. Fifty cents buys a suit of Under- wf ar that we formerly sold for' $1. One dollar a suit reduced from $1.50 One-tifty for a few all -wool line that was $2.00. Two dollars for Scotch lamb's wool, regular .$3 line. All lines in this department Will be eleared out this month. Men's Caps. For 75 cents, take you choice Sealette Caps; all shapes, ranging price from $1 to $2. For cents -Men's Heavy Cloth Caps, double bands and peaks. On Ordered Clothing we give a -,Discount Of 20 per cent. of itt Fur Caps. envoys is cordially inquired after and I and the follnwing : Percy Baker, Perey 11 moved to the hospital, where he died and statements. The document was a pow In the meantime the courtiers act as a liott, John Elliott, John Bulger, George" married, and living with a, maiden aunt at larly of the Canadian Pacific Railway, s. It -sort of chorus, bowing when their mon- Chesney, Albert Colbert,. Maude Fowler, \ Harbord street. His father is in Collier- concluded with a strong charge against the company of exacting very much higher rates from the Manitoba and Northwest set- tlers than were charged in any other portion of the Dominion. This policy has resulted. in paralysing the country and preventing its progress. It was pointed out that all this was done byl a railway built with the public hioneys of the Dominion. The inquiry will be resumed on January 10th.' -Mr. A. J. C. Shaw, breeder of thor- oughbred, stock, living a mile from Kent Bridge, Bothwell county, while boring for water the other clay, struck a gas vein at a depth of 75 feet, The pressure played havoc with the dertick and tools, and shook up things generally. Mr. Shaw will take Meas- ures at once to utilize she gas for domestic purposes. -Mr. James Keating, postmaster, Oil City, died Friday morning. He was strick- en with paralysis a short time ago, but of late was considerably better. The tragic death of Sir John Thompson, of whom be was a great admirer, affected him deeply, and he was noticed to be deeply depressed. His daughter found him in a spasm and he died in less than an hour. He leaves oue son, principal of the Public school at Oil City, and three daughters. -The Alma Mater Society of Queen's University held their annual conversazicne on December 14th. There had been much diversion over the affair in regard to danc- ing. Eight of the committee favored it and six opposed. The students were appealed. to and two hundred and fifty assembled. and beard the ease. After much',debating, by a majority of three, it was decided. to have a promenade concert and dancing as heretofore. -The body of Sir John Thompson has been embalmed by the French \-epecialist, Charles Bayle. It was afterwardsePlaced in a shell and enclosed in a leaden Coffin, faced with plate -glass. In order that, the features may be -visible upon the arrivarot--- the body in Canada without disturbing the body or opening the coffin, the -lid of the mahogany coffin whieh enclosed the whole is made reinovable. The bode will he con- veyed to Canada on the warship Blenheim. -Caleb Millson, a Westminster township farmer, has been stunmoned before Squire Lacey on a? eharge of assaulting a boy named Joseph Whitton. Whitton is an Old Country lad, and was tent to Canada by Dr. Barnardo. He had been in Mr. Millson's care for some time. Millson has had. trouble with Barnardo boys before. - Early in the summer a little chap named Scanes ran away from him and took a horse and rig with him. He was captured at Dutton and when brought to jail big bruises were found on his back. Tonmmy was taken back to the home. -The investigation into the cause of the collapse of the street railway building at Montreal, resulted in a verdict holding that the deaths of Adolphe Leblanc, Joseph Marquis and Regis Panege were caused by the collapse of the street railway building. The jury thought that the collapse was due to lack of reasonable precaution, which should have been exercised the eenstrue- tion of said building, by Edward C. Hop- kinS, architect; Aut. Gravel, engineer of the Dominion Bridge Company, and •Joseph McLaughlin; foreman of the Dominion Bridge Company, and could not exeuze them f9r this laxity in their duty. -L. Sergeant, general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, has issued the _fol- lowing- circular, which is now in effect: Several fatal accidents have occurred re- cently in consequence of cattle running at large being on the railway, and notice is here* given that, in order to protect ,the public and prevent the destruction of life and property, the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada will cause to be impounded all horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large within half a mile of any public. crossing of their railway, in accordance with. the statute in that behalf." Judge Armour also has decided that the owner of a cow on public roads that causes injury to a person driving a buggy, is solely responsible for that injury. His Lordship referred to the fact that a freight train had been derailed at Fraserville And three men killed, owing to a stray cow getting on the track, and said the owner of the animal in that case could be held answerable to the estates of the men killed. • 2 -Mr. James M. Mitchell, of Listowel, North Dakota, ie spending a few weeks among his friends around Listowel. It is twenty-one years since Mr. Mitchell left Listowel, though be is well remembered, "Mitchell, the Cradle Maker," as he was called, then carrying on an importaut busi- neis, which in these days of self -hinders is a thing of the past. He had a deserved repu- tation as a good workman and many farmers yet have cradles of his make which are still fit for eiethtiienetsheervpiascet. few weeks over $40,000 worth of cheese has been shipped from .Listowel, and within. a radius of eigh- teen miles of Listowel $60,000 worth of that article has been shipped out. This cleans up the cheese in the •Listo- wel district with the exception of a few small lots. Messrs. Ballantyne Sop sbipped ten ears, valued in round numbers at about$30,000, and the remaining ship- ments were die ided among Messrs. Riley, Cook and MacLaren. -That woman if given a chance, will outwit the sharpeel of men, was made evi- dent at the Stretford depot the other day. On Saturdays the .Grand Trunk Railway allow reduced rates from the neighboring places,to Stratford,at what is called "market fare." A Tavistock lady got to the station in that village Saturday morning too late to purchase a ticket, but got aboard the train neviirtheless. All the way to the city she disputed with the conductor. She was per- fectly willing to pay market fare but the official demanded full fare. When Strat- ford was reached the woman again offered market fare but the conductor wotdd not ac- cept it, so she turned her back hastily and disappeared in the crowd, leaving him to "do -The potrheseii;yttheirnigan."eq;ngre gation at Av- onton, of which Rev.A.H. Drumm is pastor, have just completed the:erection of a new church, and the building was formally open- ed' on Sabbath, 9th inst. Three services were held. Morning and evening services were conducted by Rev. Principal Caven, of Knox College, and the afternoon by Rev. M. L. Leitch, of Stratford. A most sue- cessful tea -meeting was held on the follow- ing Monday evening, at which Rev. W,. W. Craw, of East Nissouri ; Rev, A. Hender- son, of Atwood; Rev. J. Ball, of Carling- ord ; Rev. M. L. Leitch, of Stratford ; Rev. A. Stewart, of Clinton, and Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Seaforth, entertained and in- structed the large assemblage. The pro- ceeds of the Sunday eollection amounted to 5160, and of Monday night to 8206. A cheek for $50 was received from Hon. Thomas Ballantnne. The debt cm the church is thanks and more thanks uttered in return. Clarkson, William Duncan, William J. El- Saturday. He was 96 years of age, un- crful arraignment of the rates, and partiera arch bows, smiling when ho smiles, cover- Lillie Gray, Norman. Hoffman, Peter Len- -ing their faces or lowering their beads non, Rebecca McClure, Fred McGavin, whenever be deprepates his own merits Kate Purcell, Gussie Pickard, Consie Ru - and Murmuring indistinct confirmations dolph and Arthur Woodley. .. of all his statknents. This hard work takes The Collegiate Institute, is well represent - up two or three hours and is followed by ed at the University of Toronto by the fol - the appearance of refreshments. lowing ex -students; W. McLeod, A.Cosens, E. S. NORTON. C. Willis, J. McKinley, John H. Jackson • and . J. D. "Campbell. G. Shertreed and . The Collegiate Institute, 1894. Violet Kyle represent the school at the A partial list of, successful Students at- University of Maaitoba ; H. J. Beattie and tending the Institute was given in June J. Killoran, at Toronto .Law School; E. last and again in August, after the reports Kellam, J. Livingstone, F. Bethune, and J. came out. It seems desirable that the re- S. Hogg at Toronto Medical School, and T. sults of the whole year should be collected A. McLellan, at London Medical School; in review and presented in a combined state- H. Morrison and R. Smillie at School ment with a few explanatory remarks to of Practical Science, Toronto; F. A. Make clear to the reader the nature and ex- Clarkson • at Toronto Normal Scheel ; tent of the various examinations and of the eir. Theo. Coleman, at Johns Hopkins Medi- . courses of study thatare - carried on at the cal School, I3altimore ; C. Campbell, at schools. It is well known that there is Philadelphia: School ; J. McLeod, D. Me - only one gateway through which a young Donald and others at Detroit Medical student can enter the High Schools of On- School; J. Prendergast and others at Chi- cago Medical School, besides a number of . . the only indication of t cial in character was t shabby soldiers, who 1 an utterly aimless and listless manner. An Umbrella Function. The examination yard proper is even more comical. At the time it was being used it seemed a sea of huge paper um- brellas ranging from 8 to 11 feet in di- ameter. Tho students' umbrella tops were prolonged till they were practically flafpoles, on the end of which were sus- pended either a rude flag or a clumsy pa- per lantern. On these were characters re- ferring to some one beneath the umbrella or to the entire party, One of them read, "Five distinguished gentlemen from Yueng Chow." Another one, "This is a marquis of, say, Smithtown," and a third, "This is the grandson of the poet Jones." The largest building in the rear of the yard was half open, constructed like a pa- vilion. In one corner, protected by wood and paperscreens, sat the mandarin who had charge of the examinations. Ho was fat, gorgeously dressed and seemed half asleep. Around him were minor officials,. clerks and attendants, who were busy writing. In front of this edifice was a mat barricade about a yard high. One of the students who had finished his paper rolled up his examination papers into a small scroll and threw them with all his might athhe official house. It struck a step, bounced upward and rolled far into the end of the ball neat the mandarin. Here it was picked upby a clerk and taken to a desk to be record& and indexed. Be- tween the fence and the house therti.naust have been several hundred of these scrolls. ' Official Red Tape. If the present war does away with some of the absurd etiquette of the court, it will be a very good thing in the interests of common sense. At stated intervals the Chinese government send in imperial en- voys to Korea. The envoys are met out- side tho capital by a delegation of high officials dressed in their gaudiest robes. The moment the procession comes to a stop the officials fall upon their knees, thence on all fours, rub their foreheads in the dust and murmur as far as they can in unison, "Welcome, noble excellencies." After the envoys have beseeched them to get up they rise simultaneously and thank the guests for their extreme goodness in coining so far on behalf of their royal master. The procession is again formed, with the envoys at the head, and enters the capital by the south gate. They go to a house that has been especially prepared for their reception, where the dispatch from Peking, in a magnificently -carved chest, is reverently placed upon the table in the presence of the entire throng.. A high Korean snandarin, who receives it on his bended knees, carries it to a special apartment in the palace and locks it se- curely up. The two envoys in the mean- time seat themseives upon massive carved armchairs on a dais and receive the hom- age from all those who escorted them and such other officials as may have entered to pay their respects in the interim Refreshments and silk cloths, wet vsith boiling water; with which to wipe the ' faces, hands and wrists of those. who de- sire it, are banded round. When this cere- mony is over, another Korean official ap- proaches with the king's card. The rota ment ho makes his appearance the eavoys rise walk forward with outstretched arms and receive the card in their hands. A third mandarin then asks after their health in the name of the king, present- ing at the same time the monarch's high regards. The envoys salaam their grati- tude nine times and shake hands with themselves 12 times. Then comes another banquet set in a different hall. A Decorous Ballet. A band of music in an adjacent room produces hideous discords from the begin- ning to the end of the banquet. They use a rhythm as marked as is that in a good ra, 1.a. +.•al • • .1) •• • • • • % • • • .• se affair being .o, ffi- e presence of.alfew inhered around in Four men seated in carts drawn by cool- ies preceded this, wearing hideous black masks, who grinned and glared on the crowd as they passed. Their mission was to scare away any evil spirits that may have been lurking in the neighborhood of the rdal soul, but considering that a sham bier had been sent over the road previously for the purpose of deceiving them it may be consialered that they were a superfluity. After this marched the cx- any vir- ing bis. to silk In this department we have some choice goods .to offer, and will close out what we have left at greatly re- duced pr'ces, If you want a reliable Gap for little money; come to us. Gloves and mits, neakware, hosiery ntufflers, handkerchiefs; S:e., will also be clesed_ out at the lowest prices pos- sible. If you have Xmas gifts to give you will find our store this month,. the plase to buy -we can save you money on all lines of goods These prices will last the remainder of the month, but we advise you to come early as the Iwst goods will certainly go first. We are Leaders in Our Line. ••••••••••••••••••••• regent, whose high rank and tues were heralded abroad. Pre white covered chair was his w umbrella, held aloft, and imme ately 111 his rear came two huge modeled horses drawn in carts, and behind them again came four real horses, withsall the trap- pings of state and war that could be crowded on them. Two of these again were white and two piebald. At intervals along tho whole line of the procession were carried banners of tho guilds of the capital. Many- of them were of the most beautiful workmanship. They varied- in shape as in shade, but tho whole made a living picture of rich coloring and inde- scribable beauty, while the picturesque garb of the bearers added a charm to the strange scene. The great coffin in which lay the body of the dead queen was over 6 feet long and 43,4 broad and most artistically orna- merited. It rested on framework con- structed of massive beams 18 feet long and intersected by, heavy rafters. The weight of the whole may be imagined from the fact that 800 men were required to partly carry and partly drag the un - Wieldy thing along. Tho tablet chair of the deceased followed and was almost as heavy. It was built in palanquin shape, and accompanying .were a host' of bell ringers. On the tablets were written all the virtues the -deceased had displayed, as was also herlamily history. Toward the end of tho -cortege came groups of Manda- rins, palace guards, executioners armed with swords and finally three grand councilors of state, accompanied by their bodyguards and a somewhat rabblelike , company of soldiers. The procession, though supposed to be one of dignified and sorrowful mourning, was turned into a merry holiday. Governmental Examinations. The Land of the Morning Calm has civil service examinations. The examina- tion yard is situated in some quiet corner of tile city. There aro a lot of narrow streets- in the yard, on either side of which are the competitors busy answering ques- tions, composing poems or writing essays. The seats run parallel with the street and touch the wall. Sonie sit, others squat like the proverbial Turk, others lie at full length upon their stomachs, and still oth- ers sprawl out on ono side so as to leave an arm free to use the pen. Each has in front of him a largo sheet heavy paper, a Chinese brush, f:nkstone and cake of ink, a paper of note or commentaries of some sort and a goodly. book. vihich an - Jackson & Creig, THE LEADING CLOTHIERS, , SEAFORTH. CHILDREN AND HOUSE. [By a Korean artist.] waltz, and to this rhythm the movements of all parties, the speech, the use of the spoons and chopsticks and even the steps of the waiters are obliged to keep time. The envoys meet the king in full court surrounded by his relatives, courtiers and great mandarins. There is another band of music larger and more disoordant than the preceding one. Everything here is done in time with the strains of the per- formers. The envoys are announced, and the king kneels and bows. The envoys come forward and bow. The king then falls on the floor, where he grovels and knocks his head three times against the planks, rises, extends his arm and shouts out at the top of his lungs: "Live forever! Oh, live forever!" Covering his forehead with his hands, he expresses the magnifi- tence of the Chinese emperor and .his own titter insignificance. Complicated °ere - :monies follow, in which the health of the emperor, the empress, the imperial fami- 1 Bv which a student is enabled to reduce his attendance at•the University to three years and thus curtail expenses very considerably. It must be apparent to every intelligent reader that the Institute is in very deed and truth "the poor man's College" where the expense of getting a sound mathematical, scientific, or linguistic training costs only a dollar a .month for school fees. It must also be apparent that those who oppose the lib- eral support of such schools are opposing the liberal education of a vast majofity of the brightest and cleverest pupils in the public schools who are the flower and blossom of Ontario, and who will. repay by their ser- vices every dollar, spent on their training and ten more dollars with compound inter- est added. In all these examinations the papers of questions are sharp and searching, and in each the student must make not less than one-third of •the possible marks, on each subject, and not less than one-half Of the total. Two examples taken from the last report will .convince the most skeptical reader that nothing less will enable any student to pass. In the primary examina- tion last July 625 marks were required on the total; one student made 740 marks and failed because he was a few marks behind the standard in one subject only, and his appeal was disallowed. There • is not a more stringent system of examination in the world except in China, and if any one thinks the work required is child's play, he should try it just for once. THE SEAFORTH INSTITUTE. The following is the list of successtul stu- ... dents in these seven courses at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute for the present year, and a careful inspection of it will show that the $5,000 spent on the Institute has been spent in producing educated citizens who will be qualified to serve their country in their day and generation not only with hon- or to themselves, but with great advantage to all their fellow citizens and compatriots. These results are given in the reversed order of the preceding explanatory remarks and begin with the -highest course. students not heard from at various othetain- stitations in different parts of the Continent. On the 12th January, 1895, the Institute will enter on "sweet sixteen," baying just completed the first fifteen years of her life, and already it would require a circle over 2,000 miles in diameter to enclose her scat- tered offspring. Some of the prominent founders of the school have passed to theft' reward, notably S. G. McCaughey, M. the first Chairman of the Board; H. L. Vercoe, M. D., and A. Dewar, Inspector of Public Schools; but those wholive ten years more to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver- sary will be able to look back over the past and recall the long procession of teachars and students who have for a quarter of a century, kept the Sacred torch of learning ablaze in this little town which has estab- ished and maintained the best school of the kind to be found in any town of 2,600 in the fair province of Ontario. The regular Christmas examinations are ander progress at the school and continue from the 10th to the 17th, inclusive. Full reports of the results will be mailed to every parent and guardian on the 22nd,and should be carefully scrutinized. On Wednesday, January 3rd, the work will commence for 1895, when a number of former students will return to carry en their* studies under favorable auspices. What One Township Could do in the Dairying Line. nia and he has other relatives in England. He has been employed on various city papers, and. six or seven years ago was on the staff of the New Yotla Recorder. He has been on a protracted epree lately and to this is attributed the ras4 act. - Themes Armstrong, h night mail clerk at Hamilton, was run over in the Grand Trunk yard there Friday aad bad both legs taken off. . --Rev. Mr. Kimball, of New York City, has accepted the call tendered by the Aylmer Baptist church to become their pastor. -The Alymer Mechanics' Institute has added about 200 new &asks to their library this week, which makes it one of the most complete in Western Ontario. -Deveau-x College , at Niagara Falls, is said to have been dosed owing to an out- break of typhoid fever in the institution, and over 100 studente sent home. -G. W. Thorne, of Warkworth, killed a hog last week that weighed 800 pounds, live weight, and when dressed made 660 pounds of pork. -The Kingston Dairy school was opened on Thursday of last week, Professor Robert- son, Deminion Dairy Commissioner, giving the opening lecture. -Charles McKay, while fixing the chim- neys on Alone() Young's house, at Youngs- ville, on Monday, fell to the ground, a dis- tance of over 20 feet. His left lung is some- what seriously crushed. --The recent destruction by fire, of the malleable iron works at Oshawa, has thrown a large.number of men out of employment, and serious destitution is threatened among their families. -Considerable disappointment is express - ,ed in Toronto that the boodle inquiry will not be concluded until after the municipal elections. The investigation - was resumed on Monday. -The Pict= Times of last week says: "Mr. Henry Babbitt, of Hillier, aged 97 years, Was in town Saturday. having his photograph taken. He is a progenitor of four generations all alive." -There were forty applications for the position of Public school teacher at Inner - kip, at salaries ranging from $300 to $425, the most of them being nearest the former sum. ° Mr. J. Robinson was engaged. --G. M. Harris, mail clerk, Kincardine, is a claimant for the estate of the Hon. Florinda Bateson,. of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Harris has retained. Mr, Nichol Kingsmill, barrister, of Toronto, to prosecute his claims. • =After a pastorate of nearly fifty years duration, Rev.' William Hay, of the Scot- land Congeegational church, near Burford, has announced his intention of retiring on accaunt of failing health. --aThe Windsor School Board, after a long debate and a lively exchange of personal- ities, has decided that corporal punishment is essential to the maintenance of discipline. The decisian is founded upon the punish- ment of Carrie Johnston by Superintendent Wherry. -Mrs. Levi Cressman has removed from Platteville to her new home near Berlin. Her father-in-law, Abraham Creasman, has bought the farm belonging to her late hus- band, 112 acres, for $8,500, he baying an in- terest in it. Since buying the farm be has had two offers of $8,000 eaeh for the place. -R. J. Graham, of Pieton, shipped the other day.a carload of .evaporated apples to Hamburg, Germany. The -firm has also shipped a carload of apple parings to Rot- terdam, Holland, for the manufacture of jelly.- Utilizing apple parings is a new in- dustry in this country. • a -William Hendershot, of Walsinghath township, county of Norfolk, while engages in chopping in the woods last Friday, iu Southwold, four miles west of St. Thomas, was struck on the head by Chilling tree and instantly. killed. He was twenty years of age. -William VanBlaricom, of Sidney, near Belleville, killed two thoroughbred Berk- shire pigs a few days ago, they being jest eight months old. The heaviest one weighed 265 pounds, averaging nearly pounds per day of its age, and the lightest one went considerably over one pound per day. - - -The will of the late Professor George John Romanes, F.R.S., of London, England, was entered for probate at Hamilton on Friday. Deceased leaves property in. this country valued at C51,474, of which 872 is in. mortgages and $58,786 in deben- tures. The estate is bequeathed to relatives residing in England. .-Ailsa Craig regrets with great sorrow the death of two of their most highly -es- teemed citizens. Mr. W. G. Shipley died very suddenly on Thursday of last week, as the result of a paralytic stroke, and G. W. Munro, of the Munro house, died suddenly on Friday. -Joseph Truskey was hanged Friday morning, at Sandwich, for the murder of Constable Lindsay, at Comber, on January 20th last. Truskey committed the crime in revenge, Constable Lindsay having bad him arrested for cruelty to animals in October, 1893, of which charge Truskey was found guilty and.fined $60 and costs. -Moses Hallman, a fisherman of Red _Bay, Saugeen peninsula, while fishing in the late sterns, upset his boat, and climbed on the overturned boat. In that state he drift- ed four miles to shereeand then, in nearly a frozen condition, crept seven miles on his hands and knees to Stokes Bay. He is now being well cared for. --During a thunder storm which passed over Delhi and vicinity, in IsTorfolk county, on the 8th inst. lightning struck a barn belonging to J. Peacock, killing two horses and four pigs. It then followed the fence and knocked the beams out of two plows close by the fence, and killed two chickens which were roosting in an apple tree above the plows. The -barn was not burned. -The other morning, some one apparent- ly well acquainted with the premises, stole $500 from the residence of Mr. William Sharpe, of Weetwood, treasurer of the township of Asphodel. The money was left under Mr. Sharpe's pillow in a front bedroom; and is supposed to have been taken while he was at breakfast in the back part of the house. -Hugh Patton, one of the oldest resi- dents of South Dumfries, died on Wednes- day of last week, aged 75 years. He was a Liberal and a Baptist. He leaves behind a widow, seven sons and one daughter, name- ly: Dr. F. I. Patton, deputy -reeve; Thee., Finlay, Nelson, Sydney and George, of South Dumfries ; Leonard H., barrister, of Hamilton,. and Mrs. Cook, of London. -The Freight Rates Commission met in Winnipeg on Tuesday of last week, -those present °being Commissioners Archibald (chairman), Alliston, Pearce and Schaefer, and Messrs. J. H. Ashdown, Chairman of the Board of Trade Committee ; R. T.Riley, G F Galt C N. Bell and others. Mr. Dean EXPOSITOR. -A few weeks ago in an editorial, you said there were not- many more than seven cheese factories in Huron. For the information of your readers, and L hope for the benefit of the farmers, I would like to give them an idea of what could be done in the line of dairying. There are the following cheese factories: Rodgerville, in the south; Winthrop, 'Constance and Wal- ton; Brussels, Muevale, Ethel, 1Silver Cor- ners, Gorrie, Fordwich, Springbank and one in Ashfield; and of creameries Brucefield, Londesboro and Seaforth. number of these, including the ,creameries, have not been profitable to tlth patrons or owners for the single reltson that they were not prop- erly patronized. Drawing the milk and manufacturing cost too much. For instance what was paid for drawing the milk to either Winthrop, Constance or Walton, would have drawn what was given to the three if it was in the territory of the one factory. The making and expense would not be much more for any one to make as much cheese as the three made. The troable is not that they are too close together, but that farmers do not go in for the right kind of stock. In Mr. Cleland's factory in Elms. he has 30 patrons who average about ten cows each, and make about 60 tons of' cheese in a season. McKillop has room enough for four_ cheese factories, if farmers looked to their own interests. There are 600 farmers, and allowing 200 of these not to send at all, there would be left 100 pa- trons to each factory with an average of five cows each. This would make about eighty tons of cheese and the factories would make 320 tons of cheese at 10 cents per pound, which would net $64,000, a .nice sum to come into the township. I only calculate by this 300 pounds of cheese per cow, and all know that is very low. as a good cow would make double that. This VII. UNIVERSITY FIRST YEAR. -John A. Jackson. VI. SENIOR. LEAVING CERTIFICATES. - Harriet Brooks, Charles H. Clarkson, Wil- liam A. Turnbull, Agnes R. McGregor. V. 'UNIVERSITY HONOR MATRICULATION. 1 -Charles Willis, First Class in Mathemat- des1 Second Class in History and Geography. IV. Jcssatoe. Lsav1N0 CERTIFICATES.- 'Arny Brett, Thomas H. Brownlee, Thomas Doig, Anna T. Glass, Annie M. Gray, Rus- sel N. Hill, William Hills, Agnes D. Hays, Winnifred Killoran, Mulcahy,John W. Morrison, Catherine J. 'McDonald, Ada McKinley, Isabella Richardson. III. UNIVERSITY PASS MATRICULATION. -James S. Hogg. II. PRIMARY .CERTIFICATES. - William 'W. Aitchinson, Robert M. Aitchinson Er- nest Connor, Caleb. Cudmore, Frank D. Clarkson, Margaret Deveraux, James L. Dorsey,Ellen Evans, Mary Flannagan, Marjory P. Gillespie, Robinalliggins,Jarnes Horton, Leo Killoran Mary Lamb, John 8. Laidlaw, Helen McMillan, Rebecca Mc- Nair, Morris Peterson, Ettie Proctor, John Rae, Birdie Stephens, Isabella Simpson, Charles W. Saunders, Emmeline Welsh, Harry Watson. I. COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATES. -All the would also enable the farmers to keep two hogs for each cow. This would mean 2,000 hogs,which at $10 each would bring $20,000 more. Besides, McKillop has good roads and near shipping stations. We have the best roads of any township in Huron, Perth, Oxford or any other county I know of. There are not three miles not gravelled on all the concessions of the township, and most of the sideroads are gravelled. like- wise, and good roads are a large factor in. favor of these factories. I drove this fall to Ingersoll by Stratford, and home by St. Marys, and no township in either route could touch us for good roads. The north gravel road is the worst in the township, so all may know I am not far off. I am not one of those who would go for all cows and nothing else, but if every 100 acre farm would keep 10 cows, 10 young cattle, 10 ewes, 3 horses, and. raise 20 pigs each year, raise 5 calves and sell 5 bead of old cows and steers, consume all the grain on the farm ex- cept wheat and apples, in five years we would hear of bard times as something of the past and Protection and Free Trade would only be known in history. Yours, JOHN C. MORRISON. ly, the country and each ,of tho _Chinese candidates mentioned under Course Pio, II Canada. Wiarton wants a police magistrate And it needs one badly. -George Hoover, a notorious bandit, has been jailed at Brockville. -Farmers are ploughing every day in the neighborhood of Belleville. -Jonas Knechtel, a prominent architect of Berlin, died the other day of tyPhoid fever. -William McNeil, the poultry fancier of London has taken 190 birds to the Kansas City poktry exhibition. -Mrs. Mountford, the celebrated Oriental lecturer, is giving entertainments in Wood- stock this week. -Mrs. Hibbert, of BowmanVille, has just been left, by the death of a -brother-in-law in England, the sum of £6,000. -C. P. R. authorities estimate that there are 3,000,000 bushels of wheat remaining in the hands of -Manitoba farmers. -There isat movement on foot in Peter - bore' to bring. out three lady candidates for the town council. -Edward Houghton, an artist on the staff of the Toronto Evening Star, shot him- self through the head last Friday evening, in the city editor's office in the Star build- ing. No one else was in the room at the moment, but other members of the staff rushing in at the report of the revolver, found him seated unconscious in the editor's chair, his hands still grasping the smoking Ashdown, on behalf of the Board of Trade, weapon, and the blood oozing from a wound read a statemeut of four columns in length, now only $.2,023, the total 'cost being over above his right ear. He was at once re- accompanying it with verbal explanations 89,000.